Social Studies Woodshop TeacherMPHS

Middle Park High School

Description

High school Social Studies and Woodshop teaching position serving students in grades 912.

Why Join Middle Park High School

Middle Park High School offers a unique opportunity to teach in a supportive close-knit school community while living in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Our four-day school week provides extended weekends and Winter Park Resort is just 20 miles away offering world-class skiing and year-round outdoor recreation. Teachers at MPHS enjoy strong community support small class sizes and the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with students while helping them develop both academic and hands-on technical skills. Applicants who enjoy outdoor recreation mountain communities and working closely with students will thrive at Middle Park High School.

Job Summary

Middle Park High School is seeking a dedicated knowledgeable and passionate Social Studies and Woodshop teacher to join our team. This teacher will support students in developing an understanding of history government geography and civic responsibility while also providing hands-on instruction in woodworking and technical skills.

The ideal candidate will foster critical thinking collaboration and real-world application of knowledge. Students will engage in both classroom-based learning and project-based experiences in the woodshop helping them build skills that support college career and life readiness.

Responsibilities include developing lesson plans aligned with state standards preparing and delivering instruction creating and supervising student activities and projects adapting instruction to meet individual learning needs evaluating student performance maintaining classroom and shop safety maintaining classroom records maintaining positive relationships with students parents staff and community members and participating in campus events.

In addition a qualified candidate should:

• Possess knowledge of current instructional pedagogy
• Create a classroom and shop environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students
• Establish and communicate clear learning outcomes for lessons classwork and projects
• Support the program of study using a variety of instructional techniques instructional media and technology
• Promote safe and responsible use of tools materials and equipment in the woodshop
• Serve as a model for the districts mission vision and goals
• Analyze and use appropriate data to guide instruction and develop assessments

Qualifications

Appropriate Colorado teaching license required; endorsement in Social Studies Industrial Arts or related field preferred. Effective communication and interpersonal skills along with strong time management and organizational skills are necessary. Experience teaching social studies woodworking industrial arts or project-based courses is preferred.

Working Environment

Middle Park High School is located in Granby Colorado 90 miles northwest of Denver and 20 miles from the Winter Park ski area. School is in session MondayThursday from 8:00 a.m. 4:18 p.m. following a 4 4 alternating block schedule.

MPHS has approximately 400 students in grades 912 and serves the communities of Winter Park Fraser Tabernash Granby Grand Lake Hot Sulphur Springs and surrounding areas.

Compensation

Salary and benefits are based on the East Grand School District salary schedule.

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Required Experience:

IC